Lawmakers Approve New Congressional District Boundaries
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(KCPW News) Utah officials say they've now done their part to try and get another seat in congress for the Beehive State. They spent 15 days drafting maps, hearing public comment and working behind closed doors to get consensus. Now it's up to Congress to take the ball and approve the seat. KCPW's Julie Rose reports on yesterday's Special Legislative Session:
With overwhelming support, the State Legislature settled on a map yesterday splitting Utah into four equal parts in hopes that Congress will give the Beehive State another seat in Washington.
Lawmakers spent two days in public hearings and countless hours in closed-door wrangling the final map. It gives a chunk of southern Salt Lake County to the new district four, along with most of the western part of the state from Tooele down to Washington County. The Third district keeps Utah County and gets the rest of Eastern Utah. Congressman Jim Matheson gets the northern half of Salt Lake County, along with all of Park City and Snyderville Basin. District One gets the top of Utah.
Governor Jon Huntsman Junior will now forward the map to Congress, where the future of a fourth seat for Utah hangs in the balance.
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